Market Currents: Add Real Estate to your Portfolio
Every great portfolio needs a volatility control. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun discuss the need for Real Estate as part of overall allocation.
Market Currents: FTX and the Nature of Investment Scandals
The FTX debacle is reminding us why investment scams can happen. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun look at the similarity between this scam and others from the past.
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
Whether we're in recession depends on who you ask. Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun looks at the data and compares this unique economic cycle with previous ones to come up with his conclusion.
Weekly Market Pulse: I Don’t Know
Is the US economy on the verge of recession? Is it already in recession? We have several indications that the US economy is slowing and at least one that points to recession soon and maybe now. From the Conference Board's release of its Leading Economic Indicators last week: “The US LEI fell for an eighth consecutive month, suggesting the economy [...]
Market Currents: FTX Shows the System is Crooked
The collapse of FTX is shining light on corruption, influence peddling, conflict of interest, and much more. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun break it down.
SPECIAL REPORT: Follow The Money Series – Dawn Of A New Era
With inflation recently hitting a high not seen since 1981, it is now apparent that the factors that drove the disinflation trend of the last four decades are coming to an end. Globalization and demographics, the two big factors that combined to hold down prices and wages for so long, are reversing, and so too is the downtrend in prices, wages, [...]
Market Currents: Opportunities in the Stock Market
Even in the current market, there are opportunities to invest. Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun discuss developing trends, shifts in the stock market, and when it may be time to switch from defense to offense.
Weekly Market Pulse (VIDEO)
What caused the rally in stocks and bonds last week? Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun talks about the CPI numbers, the break in Treasury and Dollar uptrends, interest rates, and lag time to recession.
Market Currents: Predicting The Next Recession
Is recession coming? When? Can we tell? Steve Brennan and Alhambra CEO Joe Calhoun look at specific language from Jerome Powell, if there will be a soft landing, and whether a peak in interest rates gives any indication about the timing of a recession.
Weekly Market Pulse: Good News, Bad News
One thing I can tell you for certain about last week's big rally on Thursday and Friday: there were a lot of people who desperately wanted a good excuse to buy stocks. And buy they did after a better-than-expected CPI report Thursday morning, pushing the S&P 500 up nearly 6% on the week with all of that coming on Thursday [...]
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